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John Battelle

How Do You Read?

Nearly every conversation I’ve had over the past month has involved some variation of this question: What are you reading right now? The…

4d ago

How Do You Read?

4d ago

Tech: Too Big To Fail?

I opened my annual predictions last week by noting that the technology industry had leapfrogged finance as the most powerful political…

Jan 7

Tech: Too Big To Fail?

Jan 7

Predictions 2025: Big Tech Takes the Reins

This isn’t going to be a normal year.

Dec 30, 2024

Predictions 2025: Big Tech Takes the Reins

Dec 30, 2024

Predictions 2024: Grading My Own Homework

2024 is in the books, and it’s time to grade my homework. One year ago I posted my 2024 predictions, fresh off a so-so showing in 2023. So…

Dec 23, 2024

Predictions 2024: Grading My Own Homework

Dec 23, 2024

Will Bluesky Embrace Advertising? Yes, But the Question Is How.

I’ve been in the business of making new kinds of media companies, media platforms, and media technologies since before the Web was born…

Dec 9, 2024

Will Bluesky Embrace Advertising? Yes, But the Question Is How.

Dec 9, 2024

Generative AI Will Never Work.

Unless…

Dec 5, 2024

Generative AI Will Never Work.

Dec 5, 2024

Where The Sky Is Blue

Emily Liu at Bluesky has a timely post that I’d like to respond to. (Back in the day, when blogging was a thing, we did a lot of this —…

Nov 26, 2024

Where The Sky Is Blue

Nov 26, 2024

Brand Safety Is Over, Apparently

So News Is Going to Flourish, Right Elon?

Nov 22, 2024

Nov 22, 2024

Why I’ve Been Quiet Lately…

Well that just happened…

Nov 1, 2024

Why I’ve Been Quiet Lately…

Nov 1, 2024

Can We Govern Ourselves?

I’m still digging through some of the pieces I posted at the now defunct NewCo Shift, and found this piece, adapted from a talk I gave at…

Aug 7, 2024

Can We Govern Ourselves?

Aug 7, 2024

John Battelle

John Battelle

A Founder of DOC, The Recount, NewCo, Federated Media, sovrn Holdings, Web 2 Summit, Wired, Industry Standard; writer on Media, Technology, Culture, Business

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